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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Ozma of Oz
Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (189 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz
"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...
Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Susan Coolidge What Katy Did
"To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy." Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cousin comes to visit, Katy‘s resolution to change only lasts a few hours. But soon she will have much more in common with her cousin than she wished and it will confine her to her room perhaps forever. Will it make her finally able to uphold her promise?...
Engels | 4 uur 35 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Marvelous Land of Oz
Whatever happened in the lands of Oz after Dorothy left? In this sequel to the `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, we meet a young boy named Tip, who, unlike Dorothy, has grown up in this magical place. He is under the care (though that is a relative term) of the witch Mombi, but escapes her evil clutches just in time before she turns him in to a statue. Traveling through Oz, Tip meets a bunch of whimsical creatures (some of whom we know already) who join him on an adventurous journey that will conclude...
Engels | 4 uur 28 minuten (210 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..." Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside, and when she walks out the front door again, she finds that she is not in Kansas anymore. She is in the mysterious lands of Oz. Along with her new friends, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion, she sets out to find the Wizard, who is said to know how to get her home. But the Wicked Witch of the West has other plans for her....
Engels | 4 uur 4 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess
Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father’s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant. Despite being used to luxury, Sara quickly adjusts to her new life and never stops being kind and polite to everyone. Little does she now that someone out there is looking for her, and they might be much closer than they think. Author Frances Eliza...
Engels | 7 uur 30 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry James What Maisie Knew
`What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of everything Maise‘s parents do. Shuttled back and forth between her selfish mother and her vain father, Maise becomes a weapon in her parents‘ battle, a way for them to intensify their hatred of each other. Like Charles Dickens before him, Henry James...
Engels | 8 uur 46 minuten (415 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has...
Engels | 6 uur 39 minuten (312 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped
Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to sea to be sold as a slave in America. So begins Robert Louis Stevenson‘s adventure novel, Kidnapped (1886), a breathlessly exciting story for fans of action and suspense, and a story about two very different types of Scotsmen. Robert Louis Stevenson...
Engels | 8 uur 8 minuten (371 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Tessa de Loo Liefde in Pangea
Fidel Hulshoff verliest zijn hart, en ook bijna zijn ziel, aan een uitzonderlijk mooi, excentriek meisje. Ongemerkt raakt hij verstrikt in het leugenachtige web waarin zij gevangenzit. Wanneer ze tijdens een schoolreis naar Rome voor de ogen van haar klasgenoten een eind aan haar leven maakt, blijft hij achter met een gevoel van schuld en de kwellende vraag: wat was er met haar aan de hand? Jaren later lukt het Fidel haar familie op te sporen. Als bioloog doet hij aan de zuidwestkust van Europa,...
Nederlands | 7 uur 5 minuten (408 MB) | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2017
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Cecile Korevaar Wat jij niet weet
‘Als twee werelden elkaar raken’ De veertienjarige Tess verhuist onverwachts met haar ouders naar Kenia. Ze belandt er tussen de inheemse Samburu-stam en moet noodgedwongen een nieuw leven opbouwen. Ze spreekt de taal niet, begrijpt niets van de cultuur en mist haar vriendinnen. Al snel blijkt dat er achter de ware reden van de verhuizing een groot geheim schuilgaat. Dit geheim zet haar leven nog verder op zijn kop, maar geeft ook antwoord op vragen. Dan gebeurt er iets afschuwelijks. Wordt haar...
Nederlands | 6 uur 43 minuten (579 MB) | Bookora, Zeist | 2020
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Ingrid Vander Veken De ogen van een kind
Pinkie is een kind. Ze groeit op tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en vertelt over de dingen die gebeuren. Verhaal in makkelijke woorden en korte zinnen.
Fictie
Nederlands | 62 pagina's | Uitgeverij Vrijdag, Antwerpen | 2017
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Eline Stiekema Switch
Bo, redactrice bij een tijdschrift, doet een voorstel voor een gewaagd artikel: tijdelijk van leven ruilen met een excentrieke vriendin.
Fictie
Nederlands | 220 pagina's | Bravenewbooks.nl, [Amsterdam] | 2017
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Cynthia Mc Leod Hoe duur was de suiker?
Surinaamse historische roman
Het leven van slaven en hun meesters op een Surinaamse suikerplantage in de achttiende eeuw.
Fictie
Nederlands | 504 pagina's | Grote Letter Bibliotheek, Deventer | 2018
Grootletterboek
Toon Tellegen Het voornemen van de muis
Een muis wil een toespraak houden, maar omdat hij geen idee heeft waarover of hoe dat moet, raadpleegt hij alle dieren in het bos.
Fictie
Nederlands | 119 pagina's | Em. Querido's Uitgeverij BV, Amsterdam | 2017
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Anne-Gine Goemans Glijvlucht
Gieles (14, ik-figuur), die pal naast een nieuwe landingsbaan van Schiphol woont, traint zijn ganzen voor een spectaculaire actie om zijn altijd op reis zijnde moeder thuis te laten blijven. Vanaf ca. 17 jaar.
Fictie
Nederlands | 409 pagina's | De Geus, Breda | 2011
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Lis Lucassen Zomer
Audrey (ca. 20) werkt na een moeilijke tijd aan haar comeback als zangeres. Ze ontmoet leeftijdgenoot Alec die na vier jaar jeugdinrichting weer op vrije voeten is. Na een heftige gebeurtenis slaan ze samen op de vlucht. Zullen ze het samen redden? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Nederlands | 222 pagina's | Storm Publishers, [Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel] | 2017
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Jeugd